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     Clark Wesley Kessinger Jr. was buried at Clark Cemetery, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^1,3 He married Laura Mae "Locky" Burdette, daughter of Theodore Ray "Ted" Burdette and Hallie May Samples. Clark Wesley Kessinger Jr. was born on January 13, 1930 at West Virginia.¹ He died on September 5, 1954 at South Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia, at age 24.^1,2 He Clark Wesley Kessinger, 24, of 438 Fourth Ave., South Charleston, died almost instantly yesterday when struck by a car on State Rt. 25 near Institute. State Trooper A. V. Doddrill said a car driven by William E. Ellison, 33, of Hansford, struck and killed Kessinger. No charges have been made against the driver pending completion of an investigation of the incident. Surviving: his wife, Mrs. Laura Kessinger; a daughter, Rebecca and a son, Darvin, all of Procious; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kessinger of South Charleston; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Dawson and Miss Frances Kessinger of South Charleston, Mrs. Patsey McElwain of Elyria, O; two brothers, Thomas in the U. S. Navy at Bainbridge, Md. and Arthur of South Charleston and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. May Kessinger of South Charleston. on September 6, 1954.²

     His Social Security Number was 236-84-0995.⁵ Darvin Lane Kessinger was buried at A. J. Samples Cemetery, Procious, Clay Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He was born on August 5, 1950 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^5,1,2 He died on December 10, 1998 at Barboursville, Cabell Co., West Virginia, at age 48.^5,2,3 He Darvin L. Kessinger, 48, of Barboursville died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998, in the Barboursville Home for Veterans. He was a 1968 graduate of Clay County High School and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Surviving: mother, Laura Gray of Procious; brother, Johnny Mack Samples of Dalhart, Texas; sister, Rebecca Corlee of Dunbar; several Aunts and Uncles. A graveside service will be at the A.J. Samples Cemetery, Procious. on December 14, 1998.³

     Avis Oswald Estep was buried at Clendenin Memorial Gardens, Clendenin, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.² His Social Security Number was 235-26-0068.¹ He married Donna Jean Rollins, daughter of Dennis Stonewall Rollins and Lucy Radah Woody.^2,3 Avis Oswald Estep was born on August 22, 1923 at South Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^4,1 He died on March 11, 1995 at age 71.¹

     Mary Ann Estep was buried at Clendenin Memorial Gardens, Clendenin, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^4,2 She was born on February 4, 1957 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^1,5 As of February 14, 1975,her married name was Bowen.¹ She married Robert Shaw Bowen on February 14, 1975.^1,2 Mary Ann Estep died on March 28, 2010 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia, at age 53.^5,2 She Mary Ann Bowen, 53, of Clendenin went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, after a long illness. Mary was an employee of the Go-Mart on Westmoreland Drive. She was preceded in death by her parents, Avis Oswald and Donna Jean (Rollins) Estep; sister, Marie Frances Estep; and granddaughter, Krystyle A. Lantz. Survivors include her husband, Robert S. Bowen; son, Robert S. Bowen II of Argos, Ind; daughter, Kelly Jo Bowen of Clendenin; brothers, David Mitchell of Charleston and Stanley Mitchell and Stephen Mitchell, both of Clendenin; sisters, Radah Butcher of Charleston and Kim Gutsehmidt of Washington; and grandsons, Robert S. Bowen III and William B. Bowen. Burial will be in Clendenin Memorial Gardens, Clendenin. on March 30, 2010.²

     Robert Shaw Bowen was buried at Clendenin Memorial Gardens, Clendenin, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.² He was born on November 16, 1951 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.¹ He married Mary Ann Estep, daughter of Avis Oswald Estep and Donna Jean Rollins, on February 14, 1975.^1,3 Robert Shaw Bowen died in 2016.¹